I feel like we, as parents, are so quick to vent to our kids about how they have it so much better than we had it as kids. Or that they should be playing “in the dirt” like we did when we were kids. Or that they don’t have appreciation for the new “simple” things in life. Like we did.

What we are not quick to do is to show them why we loved those things. Or to teach them why those things were imperative to our character. We aren’t quick to get in the “dirt” and play with them. We are not quick to be an example to what we, as parents, want them to “be into”.

I’m not saying I don’t want our kids to grow up like we did. But where is their example? It’s not their fault that they were born into a Godless, lazy, entitled generation of millennials(or whatever they will call them 10 years from now).

It’s OUR fault if we do not teach them the way of the Lord. It’s OUR fault if we do not teach them discipline, structure, and respect for authority, for God fearing adults, and for God, Himself.

Raise a generation of believers. Don’t raise a generation thinking they will find their own way. Praying isn’t enough. Pray and do.

Bye for now,

RR